When you improvise over a scale, what is your general strategy?  For many players there isn’t really a strategy, other than running up and down the scale hoping to land…

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I’m sure every one of you can easily play the pentatonic scale right?  But which one?  Most likely it’s the minor pentatonic scale that everyone learns as a beginner. However,…

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For this week’s newsletter, I wanted to shift gears from technique and discuss one of the most fundamental concepts of music theory: Intervals.  If you find yourself intimidated by music…

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Welcome back to the Max Rich Music Weekly Newsletter!  This week I’d like to highlight the importance of proper legato technique. Legato playing, as it is used on guitar, is…

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